So thanks for all the replies. I know a lot of people put me on their alerts so I want to hear from you. Thank you to my beta who is so freaking talented I feel lucky she deems me worthy to give her advice to. No Blair in this chapter and I think I went a little hard on Easy J-oops, I mean Little J. I don't know where that Easy thing came from.

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Serena closed her book and sighed. She couldn't concentrate, which was nothing new. She looked around and her gaze fell to a picture of her and Blair at Blair's fifteenth birthday party. Picking it up, she frowned as she traced her friend's smiling face.

Her attention was grabbed by the slamming of a door and then Dan's voice calling for Rufus. She briefly wondered what was going on before the laughter of her brother coming from the hall made her smile. She set the picture down and went out into the hall to greet him. She could use the distraction he was sure to provide.

"Eric? What's so funny," she asked before she caught sight of her brother's companion. "Jenny."

Jenny Humphrey's black-rimmed blue eyes were wide as she stared at her step-sister.

"Hey Serena," Eric said, not noticing his friend's sudden silence. "Sorry if we bothered you. Jen was just telling me a story about her trip up from Hudson."

"You didn't bother me. I couldn't concentrate."

Eric frowned, "Thinking about Blair?"

"Yeah," Serena nodded.

"No one's heard from her yet," Jenny asked. Dan and her dad had told Jenny that Blair had done a disappearing act when they asked her to come visit. It was the only way she felt safe in returning to the 'Big Apple'.

Serena cast a look at Jenny, "No. Not yet. Will you excuse me? I need to go see Nate."

"Bye Serena," Eric said.

"Bye."

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"And she's just standing there acting like she has any right to be here," Serena ranted as she walked back and forth in front of the bench Nate was sitting on. "Then she has the nerve to ask about Blair. Like she gives a rat's ass. The only reason she's even here is because Blair's not. If Blair was in the city you better believe that girl would not be."

"Serena, you need to calm down."

"I'm not going to last the weekend without killing her, Nate."

"Maybe you could stay at the Waldorf penthouse. I'm sure Dorota would love having extra company and someone to feed."

"I can't. Mom's insisting on massive amounts of time together this weekend starting with a family dinner tonight."

"That should be fun," he responded sarcastically.

"Tell me about it. Oh hey, have you talked to Dan lately? He and Rufus were having this intense conversation when I left and all I heard was Rufus saying 'You got Vanessa what'.

"No, Dan's been kinda underground lately."

"Great," Serena shook her head. "Anyway, thanks for listening Nate. I know it can't be much fun for you to listen to me rant about Jenny."

"It's okay."

"No. I know you've always had a soft spot for her and that you're trying not to take sides and-"

"I miss Blair, too."

"Yeah, I know," Serena smiled sadly. "I better get going. I need to change into something more appropriate for dinner tonight. I'll talk to you later."

"Bye," Nate said as Serena walked away.

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"Pass the chips, please," Eric said motioning to Dan.

Dan passed them over and then took the sour cream from in front of Serena.

"So, Jenny, tell us, how's Hudson," Lily asked.

"It's fine. Mom's been really great."

"That's good to hear," Dan said quietly.

"Although I do miss home so maybe I can transfer back sometime soon."

"You have got a lot of damn nerve," Serena exploded in anger.

"Serena," Eric looked at his sister in surprise.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"No, you didn't Jenny," Rufus said. "This is your home."

"It's Blair's too, but I don't see her anywhere around these days, do you? Of course not, because the only reason you'd dare to step foot here is because she's not here."

"Blair didn't have the right to banish my sister," Dan said.

"But Jenny didn't stay and fight, did she? She left. She agreed to the banishment and the terms by doing so."

"Maybe she just wanted to put some distance between her and Chuck much like Blair probably did," Dan said.

"Oh here we go," Serena said, rolling her eyes.

"This isn't about Blair. This is about Jenny and Chuck. She's a child. He's a man," Rufus said.

"She's older than Blair was when she lost her virginity and the same age as Dan was. I was younger than her when I lost mine. She's no child, Rufus. And while it may have happened with the wrong one, I'm pretty sure the result would've been the same if it had been Nate that Jenny had found that night."

"Alright, Serena. That's enough," Eric said.

"No, it's not," Serena threw her napkin on the table. "But I'm done caring. I'm also done playing happy family for tonight. I'll be back on Tuesday if she's gone. Have a nice night everyone."

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Chuck looked up when he heard the elevator and raised an eyebrow. Instead of it being Nate walking towards him, as he expected, it was Serena.

"Nate's not here."

"That's okay. I'm here to see you."

"Come to yell at me some more," Chuck leaned back against the couch preparing himself for what was sure to be another punishing attack to his ego.

"No. I was just at dinner with the extended van der Humphrey family."

"Jenny included?"

"You know she's in town?"

"Lily informed me."

"Of course she did," Serena dropped her purse and then sat down across from him. "I came to say that I no longer think this was entirely your fault."

"Thank you, I think."

"She came up here, she drank with you, and she went to bed with you. And while you weren't the person she wanted it to happen with, you didn't force her and I am getting really sick of listening to my brother and Rufus and Dan implying that you did."

"She's still in high school," Chuck said. "I should've been the adult. I was the adult."

"Chuck, you were nineteen and thought you had just lost the love of your life. If anything, Jenny took advantage of you."

"I never thought about it like that," Chuck nodded.

"You've had other things on your mind," Serena shrugged. "But I'm done placing all the blame solely on you for why we don't know where Blair is."

"Speaking of which, is Little J staying around because Blair's not here?"

"If she is, you may have another roommate because I cannot live with her."

"You're always welcome," Chuck told her.

"Thank you," Serena said. She checked her watch, "I better go. I told Dorota I'd be there by seven."

"Dorota?"

"I'm staying at the Waldorf's this weekend. Dorota was glad to set up the guest room for me. I think she's looking forward to having someone in the house."

"If you get lonely, you know where Nate and I are."

Serena paused for a moment and then looked at Chuck, "Sunday, okay? We'll have lunch."

"That sounds acceptable."

Serena nodded and headed for the elevator.

"Serena? What changed your mind?"

The blonde turned to look at him, "A few things really but in the end it all came down to one thing."

"And that was?"

"I was your sister first," Serena smiled. "See you Sunday."